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An Inspiring Day in Kalamazoo: Poems

Happy Sunday, all! I had a wonderful, literary weekend, celebrating with Bill Olsen, New Issues Poetry & Prose, and fellow writer friends. Here are a few poems I loved from my weekend; enjoy!

Poem of the Day Series, Reading

Poem of the Day: David Dodd Lee

A POEM ABOUT BLUEGILLS There are poems about bluegills. There are poems about trout. The bluegill doesn’t give a shit. It’ll eat a…

Poem of the Day Series, Reading

Poem of the Day: John Rybicki

I AM MAD AND THIS IS HOW I DANCE I wheel my bed into the yard, stand it upright, braced on all sides…

Poem of the Day Series, Reading

Poem of the Day: Julie Moulds

AFTER READING RUMI I say my prayers upside down, the wind blowing me like a clothespinned robe, my little bat hands curled together….

Poem of the Day Series, Reading

Poem of the Day: Beckian Fritz Goldberg

CROCUS I wanted to stay in the earth: There, I needed no skin—the dark body was all around me. I had no tongue….

Poem of the Day Series, Reading

Poem of the Day: Diane Seuss

IT BLOWS YOU HOLLOW It takes your bones to bed, tongues out the marrow. Says it will meet you halfway, a hotel deep…

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Jericho Brown: A Poem

Like hail from a blind sky, the body falls. He drinks wine from broken shot glasses and wears a goatee. This is his appearance…

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Horses, Etc.: The Kinesthetic Nature of Marni Ludwig’s Pinwheel

Typically when I read a poetry collection that is more surreal in nature, I eventually reach some level of disappointment, simply for the reason…

Reading

Reading Marni Ludwig

AFTER THE GIRL After the girl with the handful of mice and a tiny silver guillotine leaves, we lie down in the dark….

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An Inspiring Day in Kalamazoo: Poems

Poem of the Day: David Dodd Lee

Poem of the Day: John Rybicki

Poem of the Day: Julie Moulds

Poem of the Day: Beckian Fritz Goldberg

Poem of the Day: Diane Seuss

Jericho Brown: A Poem

Horses, Etc.: The Kinesthetic Nature of Marni Ludwig’s Pinwheel

Reading Marni Ludwig

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